Reviews in Macclesfield

The best restaurant in the area in my view. The food is beautifully presented by friendly and attentive staff. Warmly recommended.

Fantastic evening for our party of five. Great venue, great atmosphere, friendly staff, and superb food. We'll all be coming again.

Excellent as usual - great to see soufflé and halibut back on the menu

We recently visited the restaurant for lunch. The food quality, customer service and atmosphere is always excellent. We particularly like the friendly welcome and delicious home cooked food. The value for money is always good

Extremely impressed with this restaurant the service was absolutely superb. The food was fabulous although I don’t think I’ve picked the best thing for me so would go back again and have something else. I wouldn’t normally spend this much on a meal out, although would definitely come again for a special occasion

Friendly staff and lovely food. It was our first visit but I’ll definitely be back again.

Very pleased with our meal and the service at the restaurant. Amazing wine selection. We’ll return.

Had lunch yesterday with friends, as always superb lunch and Mike and his team are outstanding.

Second visit for me, we came for a leaving meal for a work colleague, the food was delicious and hot, mostly came out together, a delay on some, staff friendly and attentive, but communication was a bit haywire, I appreciate the busy service, but as a front of house in the past myself it's imperative to not to forget the customers requests and orders, I had to keep asking for things, which I don't want to be doing whilst enjoying a meal.

This restaurant exceeds all expectations. It is wonderful in every way.

Superb Sunday roast & the service was brilliant. Although the restaurant was full, we were not left waiting or unattended. The staff were friendly & helpful, highly recommended

Friendly attentive staff, lovely surroundings, delicious food. Would recommend.

The Lilac Cottage at the Chestergate Hotel can be summed up in one word....superb. It's run by a husband & wife team (who's names I inadvertently forgot to ask) the wife does front of house assisted by a great team of young but professional staff, who are all very friendly & approachable. The husband is the chef & delivers food of an outstanding quality, tapas as tapas should be every dish beautifully cooked. The decor is beautiful which sits well with the building it is in. The atmosphere is very chilled & it's nice to be able to chat to the staff who are attentive. This is now our go to restaurant in Macclesfield & I can only see it going from strength to strength.

Excellent food and excellent service - as usual!

Came here last week. Service was excellent and restaurant very nicely decorated and welcoming. Food really lovely but massively overpriced for lamb chops for two. £30 and 6 arrived on some salad! Very expensive. Wether this is because of the postcode I don't know but it certainly won't make me go back anytime soon.

We had a very happy evening at the Lilac Cottage this week. It was a family reunion with guests from over the pond. The food was delicious and we had a delightful waitress.

This was the first time visiting this restaurant and I can't fault it. A wonderful meal, service was excellent

We came into the restaurant for the first time for lunch on Friday and were overwhelmed by the service and food. My friend and I are real foodies and she has a dairy intolerance which the chef adapted her food to enable her to enjoy and not have to simply make do because they could not be bothered. We will definately be back and have spread the word to our friends as to what a fantastic experience we had.